A burden in history on May 19, 2012“The pain of the mind is worse than the pain of the body” — Syrus. There are certain facts related to the farcical trial that was conducted against Mr Zulfikar Ali Bhutto by a group of generals and their collaborators in the judiciary, which put our entire nation to shame. For many, the decision […]
Wake up PPP! on December 1, 2011“My thoughts by night are often filled with visions false as fair: For in the past alone, I build my castles in the air” — Thomas Love Peacock. All governments that have remained in power in this country have been afflicted with the same disease: ‘air-conditioned ignorance’. The present government is no exception. If we […]
Police: an instrument of politics on July 7, 2011“Written laws are like spiders’ webs, and will like them only entangle and hold the poor and weak, while the rich and powerful will easily break through them” — Anacharsis to Solon. Gone are the days when the police had officials like Rao Abdur Rashid Khan or Abbas Khan. These officers had the capacity to […]
Playing politics on June 9, 2011“It would be folly to argue that the people cannot make political mistakes. They can and do make grave mistakes. They know it, they pay the penalty, but compared with the mistakes which have been made by every kind of autocracy they are unimportant” –Calvin Coolidge. It may seem a little premature to some that […]